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Anthrax


alternative words: Anthrax disease, Bacillus Anthracis
keywords: terrorism
related topics: Al Qaeda , CDC , Cipro
related web sites: http://www.chem-bio.com/resource/ , http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm , http://www.fbi.gov
explanation: Anthrax is a typical cattle disease caused by Bacillus Anthracis and usually contaminates, through skin or inhalation, persons who frequently contact with animals such as shepherds. Already studied by Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur in the late 19th century, it can be fought by serum or antibiotic if the therapy is applied earlier unless mortal due to the toxin of bacteria. During the cold war, it was extensively studied as biological weapon and a factory explosion killed many persons in USSR in 1979.

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